Jamon Serrano Iberico. Hello group Project 21!

Oh great! Enjoy!

Indeed! Thank you, Erhard!

A deliciouys still life.

Hummmmmmmmmm !!!!

Jaap,
Boro,
Thank you both!

Lovely wooden board and the ham looks yummy.

Thank you, Jean. It's still as good as back in December!

Looks very delicious. Wish you a fine weekend, Andy !

Many thanks, Percy!

Always something satisfying carving a slice of meat off the bone, much better than 4 slices pre wrapped in the supermarket, you never know if you are getting what it says on the label.

Very true!
Thank you, Maurice!

Very impressive. Years ago dad used to have an electric powered carving knife, terrifying!

Thank you, Colin!
Too many bones in awkward places for that! There is a special technique using a long thin and VERY sharp knife and then slices are wafer thin and of bite sized proportions, no bigger than that!

My mom had an electric carving knife as well! Happily it has disappeared.

Guten Appetit und nicht in den Finger schneiden!

Ha ha!
Thank you, Volker!

... hamming it up with a still-life ...

Thank you for your States-side wit, Wally!

Hi Andy
A very nice set of implements
But I thought we just picked it up by the bone and ate it... !!
Best Wishes,, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

May be a giant or giantess could manage it!!!
Thank you and best wishes, Peter,
Andy

An interesting collection Andy I like the grain in the board

Yes it's an excellent board and staggeringly heavy too!
Thank you, Peter!

Admirable rendu et bien vu !

Mamy thanks, Danielle!

Por el cuchillo te iba a decir que no es jamonero, pero ya lo adviertes. Por supuesto que gusta el jamón “curado” y más los denominados ibéricos de bellota pata negra. Se alimentan libres en las dehesas con bellotas. Son delicia en paladar y alimento excepcional.

My brother-in-law won't eat any other kind of ham! OK, lomo sometimes. I like this ham a lot but I also like other hams, such as lacon which is exactly the same as English York ham (jamon York!). What you call jamon York is something I don't recognise as English at all! There are 1000s of these anomalies and we could spend the rest of the month talking about them and in the meantime starve to death! :o)
But the pleasure is in finding the good produce from each country and each area!

Andy, yo no he nombrado para nada el jamón de York, ese es para niños o ancianos:--) Hablé del Jamón Ibérico de Bellota, pata negra; los de cerdos alimentados a campo abierto con bellotas de encinas. A mi gusto, ese es el mejor jamón español, por delante de los de Jamones de Cebo. También hay Paleta de bellota 100% ibérica, pero va detrás. De vinos me alegro que tengas genética:--) Vega Sicilia ni lo pienso por caro. El Imperial lo conozco y es muy bueno y de mi gusto. Prado Eneas es de Bodegas Muga y muy bueno, de La Rioja, paso por allí con alguna frecuencia. Contino y Los Olivos no los conozco. Mi hijo vive en un pueblo de la Rioja Alavesa, el pueblo del estado que tiene más densidad de bodegas por habitante.

I know what you are talking about, Jose-Manuel. Al I am saying is that REAL York Ham is delicious and NOTHING LIKE what you see in Spain!. Your ham with acorn fed pigs - you don't have to continue to try to persuade me. I was persuaded in about 1974!!! As for wine, I don't have enough time to list all my favourite Spanish wines!!! And Vega Sicilia Unico costs at least 200€ a bottle if it is to be ready for drinking. The other wines are more affordable, if still expensive!

Andy, añadir que ese producto se acompaña con vino, quien lo desee puede beber coca cola, cerveza, agua (que pena), pero aconsejo como se dice ahora un maridaje con un vino Cariñena que es dulce o un tinto, mi preferido Marques del Riscal, reserva de Rioja Alavesa.

I can't afford Vega Sicilia (even though I have 2 1976s and a 1973 unico in England!) but I do have here a couple of Prado Eneas and 3 Contino Los Olivos that I think are ready for drinking. With this ham at christmas we had my last Imperial Gran Reserva 1995 and it was perfect both with the turkey and the ham (and the Stilton!). In England, my riojas are maturing nicely in my fathers cellar (bodega). Before he retired my father was a wine merchant and specialised in Spanish wine.

Excellent still-life study.

Thank you, Joe!

Great still life shot, Andy!
If it is a real "Serrano", I can understand the love of the Spanish for their hams. :)

It's real, not plastic! My b-in-l won't have any other!
Many thanks, * ઇઉ *.

I did not mean that the ham here is plastic. ;))
But there are many varieties of ham, and unfortunately imitation Serrano ham. :)

True!! So best to enjoy the real stuff when one can!!!

Delicious!!!
To the lunch hour whets the appetite!!
Splendid, Andy

We'll probably have some more this evening together with a warming mug of home-made soup, Judite!
Many thanks!

It has been taking a first look and I have come to tears of emotion Andy. You just need a good wine. Warm greetings, Anton.

Please see my reply to José Manuel's comment above about the appropriate wine here, Anton!
Many thanks! (Vega Sicilia Unico is not an option, however desirable!).

A great looking corner of the kitchen Andy.

Many thanks, Rosa!

This is torture to view on an empty stomach;-)

Sorry, Gudrun!!

It must be very delicious!
Enjoy!

Best wishes
Füsun

It was excellent! Thank you, Füsun!

Wow - you've certainly had a large ham hock. If this is what's left over - it still looks as if there are a few meals left to go!!!

It's actually Black-Smoked ham Serrano from Avilla; a speciality apparently and very nice. Now nearly all gone but the bones will makes wonderfull stock, soups, etc!
Thank you, Jenny!

Mencanta y... no podiendo pasar la frontera ahora echo de menos...

Thank you, Isabel. Algete is now out of confinement so I'm no longer breaking the law when I leave the house, or go to Madrid. etc.!

Really! That's great news.

Thanks Laura!!!! But I'm still in the house after a detached retina op. So I have to spend 22 hours out of 24 facing the floor! Very uncomfortable especially with a back that has also just been operated on! So I keep weighing up priorities, back or eye?, back or eye? and so it's all a compromise! But I think I'm getting there! I'm now using up the 15 minutes a day I'm allowed in front of a screen! Good night to you and Isabel!!!